The Role of Reprographic Services in Enhancing Accessibility of Library Resources to Under Graduate Students in Federal University of Technology Minna Library Nigeria

Abstract

This study is aimed at finding out ways of enhancing accessibility of library information resources to students through reprographic services in the academic library of Federal University of Technology, Minna. The specific objectives are: to find out if available library resources are accessible; To find out if there are reprographic services in the library; To determine the extent to which reprographic services are carried out in the library; To determine if the reprographic services have enhanced the accessibility of library resources in the library; and to identify the challenges militating against reprographic services. Census design was used for data gathering, one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance, and data was collected and analysed using simple percentages and frequency tables, while T-test was used to test for hypothesis.. The findings of the study reveals that, the library provides adequate information resources; accessibility of library resources have effect on student’s academic performances; carry out reprographic services for the provision of library resources; photocopying was the major reprographic services available in the library; and that reprographic services enhance accessibility of library information resources. The study recommended that the parent institutions of FUT library should provide adequate financial allocation for their libraries for the procurement and maintenance of reprographic equipment; management of academic libraries should implement policies that will provide enabling environment for the use of reprographic services in enhancing access to information resources; FUT Minna library should make multiple copies of costly and rare materials available in the library with the available machine in order to safeguard the life span of the original materials;FUT Minna library should make reprography practices as one of the fundamental services to be carried out by the library.